If you’ve been a prepper for a long time, you’re probably aware of the many prepper myths and lies that get spread around the Internet. For example, the idea that when a disaster strikes your city, you should bug out to the wilderness. In reality, that is an absolute last resort. Usually, you’ll be safer staying put.
But what do you think is the biggest lie that new preppers are told? That is the topic of this video by Survival Know How. He says the biggest lie is this: “You should be prepping for the end of the world.”
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And he makes a really good point. Although being prepared for the end of the world would be great, it’s not realistic to start from square one with that goal in mind. It’s too intimidating, too frustrating, and unrealistic for most people who can’t afford a remote bug out location or a huge bomb shelter.
Instead, he suggests a very different approach. He tells new preppers to work on the following six goals in this order:
- Blackout bag for 24 hour power outages.
- Supplies for one week without power.
- Supplies for one month without power.
- Supplies for three months without power.
- Long-term self-reliance for over three months.
- Bug out bag.
By doing it this way, you’ll find your prepper journey much more manageable and much more satisfying. Watch the video below to hear his rationale behind these six goals.
We lived through Super storm Sandy before we started prepping. No electricity for a week. Still had water and hot water (gas water heater). We purposely bought our house 20+ years ago because of the fireplaces. That kept our house warm and we were able to cook some of our frozen food for meals before the rest spoiled. We have been looking at what our weak spots were and fixing them.
After Hurricane Camille in 1969 the power was out for 2 weeks. We went through loads of batteries, bottled water (that we loaded up before the storm) and charcoal. My mom and dad just made every thing look normal. We were fine all the way through.
Don’t forget water while prepping ! Rinse out and fill up some 2L bottles. Cheap, easy to do. We used some of these in 2003 during the big East Coast blackout. We didn’t lose power, but did lose water when Cleveland did.
Grew up outside of Elko Nevada no electricity picked up coal along railroad pitcher pump in kitchen number 9 Washburn on stove for bathes.you guys are being sold,and I mean sold a bill of goods.its supply a way of life and the latest gizmos are just more hype to get your money
11 days due to an ice storm . No big deal, like camping but with a whole house ,gas stove, hot showers .
One week in Omaha after a severe ice storm, but that was twenty years ago … nothing more than 10 hrs in recent history …
4 days due to a storm.
Thirty years ago we lost power for days due to an ice storm that has since implemented directives in our city to keep trees and bushes trimmed away from power lines. Then about eight years or so ago we lost power for a week due to a tornado that took out the transmission towers from a nuclear power plant that we get out power from.
One week in 1983 during Hurricane Alicia in Houston, TX.
One year not that long ago, we had ice and no power, it went all day. We was going to stay at our Daughters place over night, but someone finally came up and hooked everything up. I think this was in 2005, it wasn’t so cold till night time, we got through it with no problems.
6 hours when duke was replacing lines. our town went without power for one week after wind storm